xmas came a little early...

dad, james, and charles were here this weekend. james flew to south africa yesterday out of o'hare so they decided to come up a day or so early and hang out. we were intending on doing xmas gifts, but the men all still have to do their shopping. typical. :)

charles got some crown royal

dad got a boyscout tie (tie tack is back ordered)

and james got a new moccisan kit to replace his scuzzy old ones.

this technically wasn't a xmas gift, but alice got a beautiful knit bunny from her great aunt mary along with some blocks that are supposed to predict her future. oh and she's also wearing the sweater great aunt mary made for her.:)

and just for good measure, here's the tree with the moravian star dad bought us for xmas.